Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said Burundi would find it “difficult” trying to engage in African Union-led mediation of the conflict in eastern DR Congo. Olivier Nduhungirehe noted that Burundi, whose President Evariste Ndayishimiye assumed AU chairmanship on February 14, has troops fighting alongside the Congolese government coalition in the war…
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. @ymahmoudali, this morning conferred with H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi, on the margins of the 39th AU Summit at the AU Headquarters. The Chairperson expressed appreciation for President Ndayishimiye’s support for Africa’s strategic priorities & encouraged continued engagement in advancing continental integration, as well…
Addis Ababa — The African Union has extended the deployment of Burundian troops in Somalia by six months to strengthen efforts against al-Shabaab and support state-building, officials said. The decision was made during a virtual meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), the bloc’s main security body. Burundi’s forces, originally set to…
Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for anonymity, said the incident happened on Monday after accusations made by members of the ruling party’s powerful youth movement, known as the Imbonerakure….
